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Social media companies purge 4.7mn accounts after landmark Australia ban

ft - First data released on impact of blocking access for children as other countries monitor progress

#techpolicy #government #internet #australia #media #censorship #contentmoderation #safety #digitalprivacy

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

7 wks / techxplore

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

7 wks / go

Social media companies purge 4.7mn accounts after landmark Australia ban

7 wks / ft

About 5 Million Accounts Shut in Australia Kids Social Media Ban

7 wks / bloomberg / Angus Whitley

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Cake Wallet Adds Default Zcash Shielded Transactions for Privacy

Maxwell Mutuma / parameter - TLDR Cake Wallet now supports Zcash, adding it to its privacy-focused tools alongside Monero. Shielded Zcash transactions are enabled by default, ensuring enhanced privacy for all users. The integration of Zcash reflects the growing demand for privacy-pre…

#blockchain #cybersecurity #crypto #decentralisation #privacy #encryption #digitalprivacy #wallet #crypto

Cake Wallet Adds Default Zcash Shielded Transactions for Privacy

7 wks / parameter / Maxwell Mutuma

Cake wallet adds Zcash support as it expands beyond its Monero roots

7 wks / theblock / Daniel Kuhn

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Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok Sexual Images

Madlin Mekelburg / bloomberg - Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, sued the billionaire’s artificial intelligence company for harassment, accusing xAI’s Grok chatbot of generating sexually explicit images of her without her consent.

#ai #dataprivacy #aiethics #genai #law #contentmoderation #xai #grokai #litigation #digitalprivacy

"Ashley St Clair, the influencer and mother of one of Elon Musk’s children, has sued the billionaire’s AI company, accusing its Grok chatbot of creating fake sexual imagery of her without her consent." Europe & the rest of the world have to

7 wks / bsky / @andersaslund.bsky.social / andersaslund.bsky.social

xAI sued by mother of one of Elon Musk’s children over sexual images

7 wks / ft

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: We’ve Hit Grok Bottom

7 wks / techdirt / Mike Masnick

Grok undressed the mother of one of Elon Musk’s kids — and now she’s suing

7 wks / theverge / Lauren Feiner

Spicy Soldiers? Pentagon Adopts Grok AI As It Battles Nudification Scandal

7 wks / techstrong / Frank Vizard

Ashley St. Clair Sues Elon Musk’s xAI Over Grok Sexual Images

7 wks / bloomberg / Madlin Mekelburg

Influencer Who Had Child With Elon Musk Sues xAI Over Deepfake Images

7 wks / wsj / Georgia Wells

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Italy's Privacy Watchdog, Scourge of US Big Tech, Hit By Corruption Probe

BeauHD / slashdot - The powerful data privacy watchdog in Italy long known for aggressively policing U.S. and Chinese AI giants is under investigation for possible corruption and embezzlement. Reuters reports: Rome prosecutors are investigating the agency's president, Pasqua…

#dataprivacy #techpolicy #government #gdpr #europe #privacy #law #eu #digitalprivacy #regulation

Italy's Privacy Watchdog, Scourge of US Big Tech, Hit By Corruption Probe

7 wks / slashdot / BeauHD

Italy's privacy watchdog, scourge of US big tech, hit by corruption probe

7 wks / ycombinator

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How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

Adam Satariano,Paul Mozur,Sheera Frenkel / nytimes - Activists spent years preparing for a communications blackout in Iran, smuggling in Starlink satellite internet systems and making digital shutdowns harder for the authorities to enforce.

#techpolicy #government #internet #asia #censorship #telecommunications #satellite #starlink #digitalprivacy

Inside the fight to keep Iran online: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/t...

7 wks / bsky / @sheeraf.bsky.social / sheeraf.bsky.social

Inside the fight to keep Iran online: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/t...

7 wks / bsky / @sheeraf.bsky.social / sheeraf.bsky.social

Iran’s internet shutdown is now one of its longest ever, as protests continue

7 wks / reddit / /u/Logical_Welder3467

How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

7 wks / nytimes / Adam Satariano,Paul Mozur,Sheera Frenkel

How Activists in Iran Are Using Starlink to Stay Online

7 wks / nytimes / Adam Satariano, Paul Mozur and Sheera Frenkel

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Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressure from regulators

Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - After days of abuse and investigations on both sides of the Atlantic, Elon Musk's chatbot Grok can no longer undress photos of real people—at least where it's illegal.The article Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressu…


Bikini edits stir quick tech tweaks

Grok will no longer make people wear bikinis when prompted, according to X

7 wks / theshortcut / Reece Bithrey

X says Grok won’t edit images of real people into bikinis. It still does

7 wks / qz / Shannon Carroll


Regulators force nude image blockades

X says it will finally stop letting Grok create undressed images of people

7 wks / mobilesyrup / Bradly Shankar

Elon Musk’s AI company finally blocks nude image generation following pressure from regulators

7 wks / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian


Wider Grok controversies spark ongoing debate

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed

7 wks / wired / Matt Burgess

What you need to know about Grok and the controversies surrounding it

7 wks / go

Elon Musk’s X Says It Will (Sort of) Crack Down on Grok’s Sexual Deepfake Problem

7 wks / gizmodo / Bruce Gil


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X put another band-aid on its nonconsensual sexual images problem. Meanwhile Grok is still putting whoever you want in a bikini. from @mattburgess1.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @brbarrett.bsky.social / brbarrett.bsky.social

Still not fixed! www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @lisatozzi.bsky.social / lisatozzi.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social / jenlucpiquant.bsky.social

NEW: X does seem to have limited Grok’s output on X. But Grok’s website will still undress: “We can still generate photorealistic nudity on Grok[dot]com,” says Paul Bouchaud, the lead researcher at Paris-based nonprofit @aiforensics.org “We can generat

7 wks / bsky / @mattburgess1.bsky.social / mattburgess1.bsky.social

Stop taking Elon at his word.. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @wilkos.bsky.social / wilkos.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s Grok ‘Undressing’ Problem Isn’t Fixed www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

7 wks / bsky / @eliothiggins.bsky.social / eliothiggins.bsky.social

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